McCain: A comrade says goodbye

9:11 PM,
Jul. 30, 2013

'Bud' Day waves to the crowd at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., in 2008.

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John McCain

U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., struggling against tears, made the following remarks on the Senate floor Monday about the death of his friend, George E. "Bud" Day, a Sioux City native.

Day, one of the handful of Iowans ever to receive the Medal of Honor, shared a cell with McCain in a North Vietnamese prison. McCain called Day "the bravest man I ever knew" - and that's quite a tribute coming from a man who showed a lot of bravery himself during his time as a prisoner of war.